Awarding of 40 films at the 2025 Gotham ceremony

The 2025 Gotham Film Awards will take place in New York on December 1, 2025, to celebrate 40 artistic films and dozens of performances, as well as the craftsmanship behind each work. From «One Battle After Another» to «Frankenstein», the Gothams recognize some of the most cutting-edge film projects of the year. Hollywood Life has the full list of nominees for this year’s ceremony below.

Bugonia: Ari Aster, Ed Guayni, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyongboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miki Lee, Andrew Low, Emma Stone, producers (Focus Features)

East Wall: Kate Bickroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yakub, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)

Familiar Touch: Alexandra Bayer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Turm, producers (Music Box Films)

Hamnet: Nicholas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Lisa Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers (Focus Features)

If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You: Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sarah Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers (A24)

Observer: Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Mark Marry, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eri, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers (MUBI)

One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sarah Murphy, Adam Somner, producers (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Sorry, Baby: Mark Seriak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)

The Testament of Anne Lee: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevich, Mark Lampert, Lilian Lasalle, Andrew Morrison, Victoria Petrani, Claudia Smieja-Rostworowska, producers (Searchlight Pictures)

Train Dreams: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa Macman, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwartzman (producers) (Netflix)

It Was Just an Accident: Philip Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers (NEON)

No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook, Alexander Gavras, Michelle Ray Gavras, Baek Jisun, producers (NEON)

Nouvelle Vague: Laurent Peten, Michelle Peten, producers (Netflix)

Resurrection: Charles Gilbert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers (Janus Films)

Sound of Falling: Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers (MUBI)

2000 Meters to Andreivka: Mstislav Chernov, director; Rainy Aronson-Rat, Mstislav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers (PBS)

BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions: Khalil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Khalil Joseph, David Linde, Anika McLaren, James Shaw, Steven Soderbergh, producers (Rich Spirit)

My Unwanted Friends: Part I — The Last Breath in Moscow: Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer (self-distribution)

The Perfect Neighbor: Gita Gandbir, director; Sam Bisby, Gita Gandbir, Nikon Quantu, Alisa Payne, producers (Netflix)

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Go: Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Javaheri, Sepideh Farsi, producers (Kino Lorber)

Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You (A24)

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (NEON)

Kelly Reichardt, Genius (MUBI)

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Oliver Lax, Sirat (NEON)

Constance Tsang, Blue Sun Palace (Decanalog)

Carson Lund, Ifus (Music Box Films)

Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch (Music Box Films)

Akinola Davis Jr., Shadow of My Father (MUBI)

Harris Dickinson, Sea Urchin (1−2 special)

If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, Mary Bronstein (A24)

It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi (NEON)

Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEON)

Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor (A24)

Sound of Falling, Louisa Peter, Masha Shilinsky (MUBI)

No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyung-Mi, Yahi Lee, Don McKellar (NEON)

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Saddle, Harry Layton (A24)